title: Effectiveness of a personalized Health Profile for blue-collar workers.
abstract: This article describes a study on the effectiveness of a Health Profile that was offered to blue-collar workers. The major goal of the Health Profile was to improve workers' awareness of own health behaviors and their intentions to change unhealthy behaviors. The Health Profile consisted of a booklet in A4-format in which tailored information was given on health behaviors. A pretest and posttest design (no control group) was used. The results showed a significant improvement of awareness of own health behaviors. Significant attitudinal changes were also achieved. There were no changes in social support and self-efficacy nor was there a change in the intention to change behaviors. These results suggest that a personalized Health Profile is a promising means to make workers aware of their personal risk behaviors.
authors.affiliation: Maastricht University, Department of Health Education and Promotion, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vasse
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nijhuis
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kok
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D015438:Health Behavior; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012309:Risk-Taking; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires